Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 19:38:29 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> Cc: George Cox <gjvc@extremis.demon.co.uk>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -pipe switch in kernel compilation Message-ID: <20000111193829.A409@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <20000111073939.A31293@titan.klemm.gtn.com>; from andreas@klemm.gtn.com on Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 07:39:40AM %2B0100 References: <20000110165543.A5720@extremis.demon.co.uk> <20000111073939.A31293@titan.klemm.gtn.com>
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On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 07:39:40AM +0100, Andreas Klemm wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 04:55:43PM +0000, George Cox wrote:
> > G'day,
> >
> > While compiling a kernel today, I noticed that the '-pipe' option to gcc
> > was not being used. Is there any reason for this?
>
> I think this is the (historical) default, so that people with
> only 4-8 MB of RAM don't get into trouble ;-)
>
> Where 4 MB isn't sufficient anymore with a GENERIC kernel.
> You need at least 6 MB or so to boot, then compile a custom
> kernel and then, if you are lucky, can perhaps run with 4 MB.
FWIW: 3.3R ran (crawled?) in 4Mb. I tried it 2 months ago on a 386SX40 with
4Mb.
Compiling a GENERIC kernel was 5 hours or so ;-) That is when I gave up
on my idea to 'make buildworld'.
But still impressive, it was stable.
Wilko
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